Rare Birds in Spain Bird News 11-20 August 2023

 

Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group

 

Ducks & Geese

 

15.8.2023 Aythya affinis 1 male Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. Still present (Pablo Romero)

 

Waders

 

18.8.2023 Pluvialis fulva 1 ind Salines de Calpe, Alicante (Luís Castaño); 20.8 (Toni Mulet; Víctor Escribano) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/605227901

Herons

 

11.8.2023 Egretta gularis 1 ind Els estanys de Platja d’Aro, Baix Empordà, Girona. Still present (Carlos Álvarez-Cros; Josep Mª Flores; Joan Budó); 12.8 (Manel Álvarez, Antoni Sanllehí); 13.8 (Carlos Álvarez-Cros); 14.8 (Núria Formatger); 15.8 (Tomàs Altes); 16.8 (Albert López; Carlos Álvarez-Cros); 17.8 (Carlos Álvarez-Cros; Joan Ventura); 18.8 (Carlos Álvarez-Cros; Luis Gracia https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/604591971  ); 19.8 (Núria Formatger, Rosa Matesanz; Manel Álvarez, Carlos Álvarez-Cros); 20.8 (Núria Formatger).

Raptors

 

 

Seabirds

 

12.8.2023 Pterodroma sp 3 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval et al)

13.8.2023 Pterodroma sp 2 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval et al)

19.8.2023 Pterodroma sp 1 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval et al)

20.8.2023 Pterodroma feae  1 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Ricardo Hevia, Daniel López-Velasco; Xavier Parra)

 

11.8.2023 Bulweria bulwerii  8 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, David Guillén, Federico Ghiazza)

 

18.8.2023 Bulweria bulwerii  5 ind off Porto de Bares, A Coruña, at sea 43.93797, -7.60143 (Grant Terrell).

 

19.8.2023 Bulweria bulwerii  4 ind off Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, Ricardo Hevia, Daniel López-Velasco, Toño Caballero, José Martín, Juan Carlos Fernández, Daniel Izquierdo et al)

 

13.8.2023 Puffinus baroli 5 ind Estaca de Bares, A Coruña (Antonio Sandoval, Jorge Lardiés, Kike Junco)

 

19.8.2023 Leucophaeus atricilla 1 ind Lago dos Nenos, Cies Islands, Pontevedra. Still present (Atocha Ramos) https://observation.org/observation/284967574/

 


  

13.8.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ad female Salinas de Santa Pola NP, El Pinet, Alicante (Darío Gijón, Marcos Real). Still present ; 17.8 (Mark Simmonds) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/604493961

 

17.8.2023 Thalasseus elegans 1 ind Playa de Montijo, Cádiz (Manuel Bárcena); 19.8 (Juan Rodríguez Roca https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/605159781 ; Paco Solera; Paco Chiclana); 20.8 (Manuel Bárcena; Paco Chiclana, Ricardo Martín-Baylo, Bruno Asencio)

Passerines and others

 

14.8.2023 Motacilla alba subpersonata 2 ind Punta del Boquerón, Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park, Cádiz (Fernando Portillo de Cea) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/603624121 ; 20.8 (Fernando Portillo de Cea).

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Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus ), 1st for Spain, 3rd for the Western Palearctic

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  Ricard Gutiérrez (editor). Data from eBird, ornitho.cat, observado.es, birdingemporda.com and Rarebirdspain whatsapp group   Ducks & Geese   26.12.2023 Branta bernicla hrota 2 ind, Santoña, Cantabria (Javier Train –photo-)   21.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus   2 ind Ría de Betanzos; A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Cristina Soto); 22.12 (Javier Río); 23.12 (Daniel García Novo); 24.12 (Franqui Illanes –photo-; Ramón Ternero); 25.12 (Leticia Miranda); 26.12 (Javier Río; Jorge Vilas); 28.12 (Diego Montenegro);   29.12 (Carlos Durán; Francisco Rodal); 30.12 (Carmen Peñalver, Juno Toni); 31.12 (Xavier Parra).     24.12.2023 Cygnus cygnus 1 ind Urdaibai, Bizkaia. Still present (A.Galache).   30.12.2023 Spatula discors 1 1w Fuerteventura golf club, Antígua, Fuerteventura. Still present (Eliseo Reyes).   21.11.2023 Anas rubripes   1 male. Sada, A Coruña. Still present (Xabier Vázquez Pumariño; Cristina Soto); 22.12 (Javier Río); 28.12 (Diego Monten
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Grackles (Quiscalus) in the Iberian peninsula

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Quiscalus mexicanus , Mexico, 31.8.2007 © Ricard Gutiérrez Grackles (genus Quiscalus ) are birds from Icteridae family, typical of Neotropical region, but also present in the Holartic, including USA coast. Typical 'resort' birds known by many as those 'black' birds frequenting the tables of hotels in the Caribbean or Mexican coasts trying to steal food from customer's breakfast or lunch.  Not a typical long-distance migrant group, they are believed to be quite intelligent, in a rather Corvidae mood, so despite they cannot be considered as true vagrants to the Palearctic according to the uncapability of crossing by themselves the Atlantic, it is true that they (presumably) board on ships to do the crossing. And not only one species but, at least, two having been recorded in Gibraltar and mainland Spain.  E-listed in Europe due to the 'current rules', a review of the treatment of what A listing means regarding 'clever' birds such as Corvidae
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